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Test # 1319 (1321/9)Sri Lanka in Australia, 1995/96, 2nd Test
 Australia v Sri Lanka
 Melbourne Cricket Ground
 26,27,28,29,30 December 1995 (5-day match)
 
Result: Australia won by 10 wicketsSeries: Australia leads the 3-Test series 2-0
 
Toss: Sri LankaUmpires: RS Dunne (NZ) and DB Hair
 TV Umpire: WP Sheahan
 Match Referee: GT Dowling (NZ)
 Test Debut: KJ Silva (SL).
 Man of the Match: GD McGrath
 
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 234/3 (Boon 93*, SR Waugh 2*, 90 overs)
 Day 2: Australia 500/6d, Sri Lanka 25/1
       (Hathurusingha 16*, Gurusinha 10*, 13 overs)
 Day 3: Sri Lanka 233 and 33/1 (Hathurusingha 17*, Gurusinha 10*, 13 overs)
 Day 4: Sri Lanka 284/6 (Ranatunga 6*, Vaas 5*, 103 overs) 
Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
MJ Slater             c Wickramasinghe   b Vaas                62 196 132  8 0
*MA Taylor                               b Wickramasinghe       7  30  28  1 0
DC Boon               c Muralitharan     b Wickramasinghe     110 408 312 11 0
ME Waugh                                 b Muralitharan        61 139 100  6 0
SR Waugh              not out                                 131 329 252 11 0
RT Ponting            c Gurusinha        b Silva               71 125  94  9 1
+IA Healy             c Muralitharan     b de Silva            41  86  70  3 0
PR Reiffel            not out                                   4  13  13  0 0
Extras                (lb 8, w 2, nb 3)                        13
Total                 (6 wickets decl, 165 overs, 666 mins)   500
DNB: SK Warne, CJ McDermott, GD McGrath.
FoW: 1-14 (Taylor), 2-116 (Slater), 3-219 (ME Waugh),
     4-280 (Boon), 5-395 (Ponting), 6-488 (Healy).
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wickramasinghe              30.2    9     77      2 (2w, 1nb)
Vaas                        40.4   11     93      1 (1nb)
Hathurusingha                9      0     23      0
Gurusinha                    2      0      8      0
Muralitharan                38      7    124      1 (1nb)
Silva                       35      5    120      1
de Silva                    10      0     47      1
Sri Lanka 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
RS Mahanama           c Taylor           b McGrath              3  14  15  0 0
UC Hathurusingha      lbw                b McGrath             23 133  79  1 0
AP Gurusinha          c Healy            b Ponting             27 109  85  1 0
PA de Silva           c Reiffel          b McGrath             18 113  84  2 0
*A Ranatunga          c Warne            b McDermott           51 141 105  9 0
HP Tillakaratne       c Taylor           b Warne               14  74  58  0 0
+RS Kaluwitharana     c Boon             b McDermott           50  95  59  7 0
WPUJC Vaas            c Healy            b Reiffel              0   7   8  0 0
GP Wickramasinghe     c Healy            b McGrath             10  41  23  2 0
M Muralitharan        c Slater           b McGrath             11  21  11  1 0
KJ Silva              not out                                   6  13  12  1 0
Extras                (b 6, lb 7, nb 7)                        20
Total                 (all out, 88.4 overs, 385 mins)         233
FoW: 1-3 (Mahanama), 2-64 (Gurusinha), 3-68 (Hathurusingha),
     4-128 (de Silva), 5-140 (Ranatunga), 6-182 (Tillakaratne),
     7-183 (Vaas), 8-213 (Wickramasinghe), 9-221 (Kaluwitharana),
     10-233 (Muralitharan).
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McDermott                   23      8     63      2 (5nb)
McGrath                     23.4    9     40      5
Reiffel                     20      5     60      1 (3nb)
Ponting                      4      2      8      1
Warne                       18      5     49      1
Sri Lanka 2nd innings (following on)                            R   M   B  4 6
RS Mahanama           c Warne            b Reiffel              3  20  13  0 0
UC Hathurusingha      lbw                b Warne               39 131  95  4 0
AP Gurusinha          lbw                b Reiffel            143 353 274 15 1
PA de Silva           c Healy            b McDermott           28 101  75  2 0
+RS Kaluwitharana     st Healy           b Warne                2  15   7  0 0
HP Tillakaratne       c Ponting          b ME Waugh            38 153 106  2 0
*A Ranatunga          not out                                  11 113  68  0 0
WPUJC Vaas            c Boon             b McGrath              6  27  28  1 0
GP Wickramasinghe     st Healy           b Warne               17  46  37  2 0
M Muralitharan        c Taylor           b Warne                0   1   1  0 0
KJ Silva                                 b McGrath              0   7   6  0 0
Extras                (b 7, lb 5, nb 8)                        20
Total                 (all out, 116.5 overs, 488 mins)        307
FoW: 1-11 (Mahanama), 2-97 (Hathurusingha), 3-168 (de Silva),
     4-172 (Kaluwitharana), 5-255 (Gurusinha),
     6-273 (Tillakaratne), 7-285 (Vaas), 8-306 (Wickramasinghe),
     9-306 (Muralitharan), 10-307 (Silva).
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McGrath                     33.5    6     92      2
McDermott                   17      1     54      1 (4nb)
Reiffel                     20      7     59      2 (4nb)
Warne                       37     10     71      4
ME Waugh                     9      1     19      1
Australia 2nd innings (target: 41 runs)                         R   M   B  4 6
*MA Taylor            not out                                  25  31  23  2 0
MJ Slater             not out                                  13  31  26  2 0
Extras                (lb 1, nb 2)                              3
Total                 (0 wickets, 7.4 overs, 31 mins)          41
DNB: DC Boon, ME Waugh, SR Waugh, RT Ponting, +IA Healy,
     PR Reiffel, SK Warne, CJ McDermott, GD McGrath.
FoW: .
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Vaas                         3      0     25      0 (2nb)
Gurusinha                    3      1      6      0
de Silva                     1      0      4      0
Tillakaratne                 0.4    0      5      0
 
 Day 1: Crowd: 55239
 Muralitharan called for throwing by D Hair, 7 times.
 Day 2: Crowd: 18292
 Mark Taylor completes 100 test catches
 Vaas completed an over after Wickremasinghe left the
    field injured.
 Day 3: Crowd: 20847
 Sri Lanka 200 off 80 overs
 Kasprowicz fielding for SR Waugh (injured back)
 Day 4: Crowd: 11010
 Gurusinha 50 off 86 balls, 5x4
 Gurusinha 100 off 207 balls in 271 mins, 10x4, 1x6
 Day 5: Crowd: ~15000 (admitted free of charge)
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Team Pages:
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Australia Player Pages:
MJ Slater,
MA Taylor,
DC Boon,
ME Waugh,
SR Waugh,
RT Ponting,
IA Healy,
PR Reiffel,
SK Warne,
CJ McDermott,
GD McGrath.
 
Sri Lanka Player Pages:
RS Mahanama,
UC Hathurusingha,
AP Gurusinha,
PA de Silva,
A Ranatunga,
HP Tillakaratne,
RS Kaluwitharana,
WPUJC Vaas,
GP Wickramasinghe,
M Muralitharan,
KJ Silva.
 
Match Officials' Pages:
RS Dunne,
DB Hair,
WP Sheahan,
GT Dowling.
 
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